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by snehk 4y ago
The prices in Germany are already outrageous compared to other countries in Europe. I got a good deal and pay 30 Euro for unlimited data but I've recently checked for a friend and unlimited data would cost her about 70 Euro a month, wh
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by snehk 4y ago
This is not Apple versus Vodafone/Telekom, it's Vodafone/Telekom vs. EU citizens. The EU has already made the big move to just outlaw roaming charges within the EU, which was a mayor revenue stream for the carriers, for examp
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by snehk 4y ago
I meant that as in "I don't use their apps" and it doesn't affect me whether they're available on the app stores or not.
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by snehk 4y ago
We have newer leaks about data collections that seem genuine but that particular post you've linked to has been debunked. He even promoted a subreddit where he was unable to provide proof for _any_ of his claims. Nothing ever happened.
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by snehk 4y ago
Again, they don't ban them. You're talking about a completely different thing. The Chinese rules (whatever they may be) apply to all companies. Your example even mentioned WeChat, a Chinese company. You would need to find an examp
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by snehk 4y ago
They ban them because the companies don't want to follow the same rules Chinese companies have to follow. It's exactly what I'm asking for. Have one set of rules and apply them to everyone. Ban data harvesting completely. Ban
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by snehk 4y ago
I don't have a horse in this race at all, but the annoying part is that the same rules don't get applied across the board. Everything they're accusing TikTok of - from data harvesting to the government having access to said d
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by snehk 4y ago
It's about 13%. We have one grid in Germany so it's the same for everyone.
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by snehk 4y ago
But the reality is that gas is used to generate electricity in Germany. That gas is supposed to be used elsewhere in places where it cannot easily be substituted. Instead of relying on nuclear for that energy production Habek is all about c
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by snehk 5y ago
It really doesn't matter. We can say that it's good that companies like Google or Facebook don't want to be part in any of this or we can say that even the slightest interest in user privacy makes it morally impossible for co
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by snehk 5y ago
Neither does TikTok if you don't upload anything.
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by snehk 5y ago
China didn't specifically "ban" US social networks because they were US social networks. The companies themselves didn't want to comply with Chinese laws so they cannot operate there. It's the same as Facebook now t
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by snehk 5y ago
The "Chinese data harvesting software" has less trackers than the site reporting about it (CNBC.com).
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by snehk 5y ago
I had this problem many years ago and that was when I decided to never, ever use or recommend Adobe products to anyone for that very reason. A bunch of people at work wanted me to green light purchases of Adobe subscriptions for Premiere bu
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by snehk 6y ago
You can't really deeply integrate any of Google's communication offerings aside from Gmail because they keep introducing and killing off new things so often. People weren't using that stuff in the first place. Zoom is one thi